The Film Daily (1920)

iM^ DAILY Wednesday, October 6, 1920 . JOHN GILBERT Picturized and Entirely Rewrote "The^Great Redeemer' Picturized "The White Circle" Assisted the Direction of Maurice Tourneur Picturized 'Deep Waters" And Co-Directed with Maurice Tourneur Putting It Over Here is how a brother exhib itor put his shov. over. Send along your id eas. Let tht » other fellow know how you cleaned up. Creston, Iowa. — If someone suggested to the average exhibitor that a pair of lambs, a shepherd dog and a sheep pen, could be used in con 1 junction with a lobby display so as to draw crowds to a theater, the owner | would probably reply with some such self-explanatory expression as "How do you get that way?" Nevertheless, I Catherine Schliep, who manages the j Willard did just that. Anita Stewart in "The Fighting Shepherdess," was the attraction and Miss Schliep had the pen erected at the entrance to the lobby. It occupied all of it except the space needed for passage to the box office and into the house. The | canine and lambs were placed into the pen, while a cut-out of the star ! was placed at the rear. "We are waiting for the fighting shepherdess to get through inside" were the i | words on a sign placed over the af A wmeQiYiawtc I fair, and a crowd constantly gathered ■r^111U0^'111^'111'0 I about the entrance to the house Mildford, Conn. — C. B. Nomejko. to build $80,000 theater. CVCtfifV IN BOOTH TARKINGTON'S UCUIWJE. Great American Comedy ARLISS POLDLMN P—l, TL»lf» Col. Circle. Evs. 8.30 aric 1 neatre Mts. wed. & Sat., 2:30 RftOTH Theatre, West 45th St. Evs. 8.20. DKJKfin Mats. Wed. (Pop.) & Sat., 2:30 HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Played One Year in London As "Tilly of Bloomsbury." CI tiu/t Theatre. W. 42 St. St. Evs. 8:45 fcLMINtit Mats. Wed. (Pop.) & Sat., 2.20 "LADIES' NIGHT" UimCAU Thea., 44 St., E. of B'y. Evs. 8:30 HULfdUN Mats. Wed. (Pop.) & Sat. 2:30 TAYLOR HOLMES in "CROOKED GAMBLERS" LITTLE OLD NEW YORK "Is a breath of Utopia."— Telegraph DIVMinilTU w 45th St Eves 8:?0 r L 1 1V1 U U 1 H Mat. Tom'w & Thun„ 2 : 20 f> L 0 U • Thea., W. 42 St. Evs. 8:15 Cohan & Hams Mats. wed.& Sat. 2:15 SAM H. HARRIS Presents WELCOME STRANGER Aaron Hoffman's Comedy Success World's Greatest Vaudeville B. F. KEITH'S PALACE Valeska Suratt Yvette Rugel Mats. Daily at 2. Nites 8. dcditdi ir Mats. Wed. (Pop.) & Sat. 2.30 KtrUDLlt Thea., W. 42d St. Eves. 8:30 The Lady of the Lamp MOROCCO Theatre. West 45th St. HlUKUa^U Eveningg at 8:30 MATINEES WED. & SAT., 2:30 Most Thrilling Mystery Play Ever Staged "Keeps Standees on Tips of Their Toes." — World THE BAT Maxine Elliott's Thea., 39th St., nr. B'y Evenings, 8:30 MATINEES WED. & SAT., 2:30 The Greatest Love Story Ever Told •SPANISH LOVE' •Held Audience Breathless.' — Eve. Sun Pittsburgh, Pa. — Peter Antonoplos, who manages the Olympic, cuts in with a few remarks about lobby displays and what he has to say is quite interesting. One rule is placed formost by Antonoplos and that is that the display must improve the appearance of the house. "The lobby display," he says, "offers greater variety than any other form of exploitation. The failure of the average lobby display, can be usually attributed to one cause, that being that the lobby is crowded." Continuing on this subject Antonoplos declares that the cut-outs, posters and other paraphernalia are too frequently distribubted in unbalanced manner. Any arrangement will not go in his opinion. It all leads up to the fact that in arranging his display, the exhibitor must be just as careful as the man who advertises is in writing his copy and making his lay-out. Film Dealing With Jap Question The Pantex Pictures Corp., offices iii Los Angeles, is producing a two reeler designed to show the true situation as to the Japanese situation in California. Kaufmann Returns to Coast Eugene H. Kaufmann, manager of the accessory department of InterOcean, has left for the company's west coast offices in Hollywood. Exports Big Foreign Productions The Exhibitors' Bulletin in speak ing of encouraging independent producers, says this of foreign productions : "Let us not be deceived by prejudice. Art is international. During the last six years practically no foreign picture has been shown in this country. During the same period the foreign producer has been exceedingly busy and has made vast improvements in his quality. You will soon see pictures of the first magnitude on the screens of the country that were made abroad." Another for Inter-Ocean The foreign rights to "Luring Shadows," produced by the Catholic Art Association, have been acquired by Inter-Ocean. Levey Honored by French Govt. Harry Levey yesterday received a bronze medal from the French Republic in appreciation of the courtesy shown by Levey to the French Economic Commission last year. Milligan Sells Rights B. Herbert Milligan, treasurer and general manager of the Capital Film Co., is in town. He has disposed of "For the Freedom of Ireland" for Greater New York to Sam Zierler of Commonwealth Film; New England to Sam Grant of Boston and Western New York to Nu-Art Pictures of Buffalo. Forms House Clearing Firm Kirkland, Mo. — Milton S. Mills has formed a charing house for the buying and selling of picture theaters in towns of 10.000 or more throughout the country. Back From Orient San Francisco— L. C. Hutt, Pathe cameraman, has just returned from the Orient with 25,000 feet of educational and news film for that organization. He visited the leading cities in China, Japan and the Philippine Islands. Maurice Tourneur has signed Milton Menasco as art director, succeeding Floyd Mueller, resigned. Williams Expected Cyrus J. Williams is expectec! town regarding the series of T Santschi two reel westerns. George Kleine Here George Kleine, veteran film I Chicago is in New York for a days doing his usual stunt, as he ] it of "half loafing and half worki: Kleine is enthusiastic about his serial "The Hope Diamond Myste Neilan Signs Jacques Bizeul Los Angeles — Marshall Nei just prior to his departure for Gla' Park, Mont, to produce "Not a Dij Was Heard," announced the si ing under a contract of Jacques I eul, prominent laboratory exp Bizeul arrived in Hollywood fi New York just in time to leave Glacier Park, where he will phtj graph the new picture in collabi tion with David Kesson. Award Prizes on Friday Hugo Riesenfeld on Friday conduct the Rialto orchestra wl) will play the three best composit: submitted in his $500 prize con for the best American overture. ' board of judges will then sel< winning overture. Bonns Coming East Eddie Bonns, sales manager foi L. Chester writes from Los Ang that he will be in New York the of the week. Eddie has had his ture taken with the Chester Chii anzee, "Snooky." He really la very well. Change at Rialto The Rialto will not show I Frisky Mrs. Johnson" the weel Oct. 10 as originally scheduled. "GIRLS DON'T »■ GAMBLE The Greatest Comedy Dranu Attraction D. N.Schwab Productions, Inc. j 1600 Broadway New York TWENTY REASONS WHY RETTY COMPSON IS A ST il No. 5 THE BILLBOARD (in its review of "The Miracle Man"):— "The acting of BETTY COMPSON was a REVELATION. I were to make comparisons I would have to go back to the acting of t wonderful peasant woman who almost twenty years ago played the part Mary Magdalene in the 'Passion Play' at Oberammergau." FIRST RELEASE "PRISONERS OF LOVE PRODUCED PERSONALLY BY BETTY COMPSON DISTRIBUTED BY GOLD* 1